and licensing - Service and receiving payments - Teaching and training. A. Notwithstanding any other law, any expansion, addition, or change to the University Hospitals in furtherance of the University Hospitals Authority Act shall not require a certificate of need. B. 1. University Hospitals shall be operated as general hospitals and shall be licensed by the State Commissioner of Health, and shall, as far as possible, meet the standards, requirements and essentials of the Joint Commission, the American Medical Association’s Council on Medical Education, the American Specialty Boards and the Association of American Medical Colleges. 2. The University Hospitals shall operate a public Level I Trauma Center and shall meet the standards and requirements of the American College of Surgeons to attain such designation. The University Hospitals Authority shall annually certify to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority that the University Hospitals meet such standards and requirements with respect to any Medicaid supplemental payments to be received from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for the public Level I Trauma Center. 3. The University Hospitals may provide services and receive payments therefor under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act, and may participate in other federal medical programs. 4. University Hospitals shall be available as teaching and training hospitals for the colleges of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, for the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and for other health and educational facilities and shall provide indigent patient care.
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